Sleeping man 2014

PITTOCK, Kenny

Registration number

1612227

Artist/maker

PITTOCK, Kenny

Title

Sleeping man

Production date

2014

Medium

Posca marker and charcoal on paper

Dimensions (H x W x D)

38 x 42 cm

Inscriptions

When he woke up and saw the drawing he laughed and told me "that''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''s great! I wish I could do that/The only thing I know how to draw is money out the bank".

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Keywords

Kenny Pittock, Train drawings, 2014

Summary

Kenny Pittock is a Melbourne artist who is enchanted by the everyday and who works across several mediums. When he lived with his parents in Upper Ferntree Gully Pittock would commute daily to his studio in the Nicholas Building. During these journeys he would draw his fellow passengers. Over a period of two years he did almost 500 of these drawings. Often his subjects would get off the train before he had barely put pen to paper. What began as a way to pass the time developed into a more conscious project. Ninety-nine of the drawings were displayed at the 'NEW14' exhibition at the Australian Centre for Contemporary Art. The City of Melbourne purchased nine of them.